1845-1886
male
Fukaumi Heizaemon was a potter who worked at a kiln for generations in Arita, Saga clan. The Fukaumi family, meanwhile, was based on the prestigious kiln since the Korean potter Fukaumi Soden and his wife, Hyakubasen, who were naturalized in the early Edo period. In March 1868, at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, he pleaded with the feudal lord to open up trade with Eizaemon Fukagawa.
There was only one trade tag at that time, but this was increased to 10, effectively beginning the foreign trade of Arita ware.
In 1975, his eldest son, Suminosuke Fukaumi, and Takeji Fukami, Eizaemon Fukagawa, Kamenosuke Tezuka, and Tsuneaki Tsuji established Koransha Co., Ltd. In the same year, Suminosuke exhibited his products at the Philadelphia Expo and received a gold medal.
In addition, Wagner was commissioned by the Saga feudal clan, and under the guidance of the feudal clan, developed dyeing with Western paint and cobalt, and succeeded in glaze coloring using three colors under a new technique called “Hon-gama Nishiki.” During the same period, a kiln experiment using lime from firewood as fuel was also conducted.
He established the manufacturing and sales organization Koransha to exhibit Arita ware at the Philadelphia Expo in 1897. Three years later, however, after withdrawing from the group following a disagreement with one of the founders, Eizaemon Fukagawa, he established Seiji Company, and purchased the latest pottery from Limoges with the aim of exporting high-class tableware. However, he passed away at the early age of 41.
